Sections
11 entriesSection 996.410Allows the beneficiary of a bond to enforce bond liability against both the principal and the sureties. If the beneficiary is a…Section 996.420Establishes that a surety on a bond given in an action or proceeding submits to the court’s jurisdiction for all matters affecting…Section 996.430Allows bond liability to be enforced by civil action and requires both principal and sureties to be joined. Requires filing in the…Section 996.440Allows bond liability from an action or proceeding to be enforced by motion after final judgment and exhaustion or expiration of appeal,…Section 996.450Prohibits a bond term from contractually shortening the statutory period for filing a bond action or the statutory period for an enforcement…Section 996.460Requires a bond-liability judgment to favor the beneficiary and impose joint and several liability on the principal and sureties in an amount…Section 996.470Limits a surety’s aggregate liability for bond breaches to the bond amount, subject to the stated statutory exception, while generally leaving the…Section 996.475Limits the chapter’s effect so it does not restrict a surety’s liability arising under any other statute. The provision states that this…Section 996.480Allows a surety, after final affirmed or unappealed judgment establishes the principal’s liability, to pay without awaiting bond enforcement and reduce the…Section 996.490Establishes that a surety’s payment of the bond amount fully discharges that surety’s liability on the bond. Also requires each surety to…Section 996.495Allows a judgment establishing liability on a bond to be enforced in the same manner and to the same extent as other…